Shares of Bedding Unicorn Casper Collapsed by 72% from Magical Pre-IPO Valuation by Wolf Richter • Feb 10, 2020 • 93 Comments Another overvalued money-losing unicorn in a lo-tech ho-hum business wobbled out the IPO window and crashed.
End of QE-4: Fed’s Repos Drop Below Oct 2 Level, T-Bills Balloon, MBS Fall, Total Assets Down to Dec 25 Level by Wolf Richter • Feb 7, 2020 • 112 Comments Repo-blowout solved, the Fed is stepping back as lender-of-first-resort.
Ford Better Figure Out How to Sell Vehicles, And I Mean Globally & Pronto, Before it’s Too Late by Wolf Richter • Feb 6, 2020 • 153 Comments Ever since it got sidetracked by its “Smart Mobility” dream and blew billions on it, sales in its biggest markets have spiraled down. Not just in the US and China. Here are the ugly charts by market.
US Imports from China Plunged Most Ever in 2019, Shifted to Other Countries, and the Goods Trade Deficit Improved Only a Tad from Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Feb 5, 2020 • 94 Comments Corporate America rerouted its supply chain to other countries.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: What’s Behind the Screwed-Up Student Loan Fiasco? by Wolf Richter • Jan 26, 2020 • 225 Comments Student enrollment has dropped 11% since 2011 while student-loan balances have surged 74%. Why?
Tesla’s Global Deliveries Compared to the Top 10: Volkswagen, Toyota, GM, Ford, Honda, FCA, Mercedes… Here’s the Chart by Wolf Richter • Jan 24, 2020 • 218 Comments Tesla’s Stock Makes it the Second Most Valuable Automaker in the World. But How About its Size?
Fed’s Repos Drop to Oct Level, T-Bills Surge, But MBS Fall, and Total Assets Decline Further by Wolf Richter • Jan 23, 2020 • 83 Comments Those counting on the Fed’s endless “Not-QE” or whatever to inflate the market might be disappointed.
The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust: Fracking Gushes Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debt, and Worthless Shares by Wolf Richter • Jan 22, 2020 • 114 Comments Texas at the epicenter. We’re witnessing the destruction of money that loosey-goosey monetary policies encouraged.
THE WOLF STREET REPORT: How Amazon Gains Control & Domination by Wolf Richter • Dec 22, 2019 • 123 Comments Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else.
First Central Bank Exits Negative Interest Rates by Wolf Richter • Dec 19, 2019 • 84 Comments Today’s rate hike by the central bank of Sweden ends an absurdity. ECB and other central banks with negative rates are getting ready to follow.
